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March 24, 2014 10:03 PM

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A Palestinian man stands on a roof as he uses a slingshot during clashes with Israeli security forces (unseen) in the West Bank village of Silwad, north of Ramallah, on March 21, 2014 following a protest of Palestinians against the expansion of the nearby Israeli settlement of Ofra. PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANIABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images less

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A Palestinian man stands on a roof as he uses a slingshot during clashes with Israeli security forces (unseen) in the West Bank village of Silwad, north of Ramallah, on March 21, 2014 following a ... more

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A shoe-shiner polishes the boots of a policeman who is standing guard during a protest organized by artisanal and small-scale gold miners in Lima, Peru, Monday, March 24, 2014. The miners marched in the country's capital for the fifth day asking the government to repeal regulations aimed at formalizing informal miners. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) less

A shoe-shiner polishes the boots of a policeman who is standing guard during a protest organized by artisanal and small-scale gold miners in Lima, Peru, Monday, March 24, 2014. The miners marched in the ... more

Photo: Rodrigo Abd, Associated Press

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KEY BISCAYNE, FL - MARCH 24: Maria Sharapova of Russia serves to Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium during their match on day 8 of the Sony Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 24, 2014 in Key Biscayne, Florida. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) less

KEY BISCAYNE, FL - MARCH 24: Maria Sharapova of Russia serves to Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium during their match on day 8 of the Sony Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 24, 2014 in Key Biscayne, ... more

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An Afghan youth holds a kite to be flown during sunset on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Nangarhar province on March 24, 2014. Some nine million Afghans or 36 percent of the population are living in "absolute poverty" while another 37 percent live barely above the poverty line, according to a UN report. AFP PHOTO/Noorullah ShirzadaNoorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images less

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An Afghan youth holds a kite to be flown during sunset on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Nangarhar province on March 24, 2014. Some nine million Afghans or 36 percent of the population are living in ... more

Photo: Noorullah Shirzada, AFP/Getty Images

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A relative (C) of passengers on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries after hearing the news that the plane plunged into Indian Ocean at a hotel in Beijing on March 24, 2014. The missing Malaysia Airlines jet came down in the Indian Ocean, Prime Minister Najib Razak said March 24, as the airline reportedly told relatives it had been lost and that none on board survived. AFP PHOTO / GOH CHAI HINGOH CHAI HIN/AFP/Getty Images less

A relative (C) of passengers on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries after hearing the news that the plane plunged into Indian Ocean at a hotel in Beijing on March 24, 2014. The missing Malaysia Airlines jet ... more

U.S. President Barack Obama, center, listens to Rijksmuseum director Wim Pijbes, seen from the back, in front of Dutch master Rembrandt's The Night Watch painting during a visit to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, March 24, 2014. Obama will attend the two-day Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) less

U.S. President Barack Obama, center, listens to Rijksmuseum director Wim Pijbes, seen from the back, in front of Dutch master Rembrandt's The Night Watch painting during a visit to the Rijksmuseum in ... more

BULLSBROOK, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 24: A ground controller guides a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion on the tarmac upon its return from a search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 over the Indian Ocean, at RAAF Base Pearce north of Perth, March 24, 2014 in Bullsbrook, Australia. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott told Parliament on Monday night that a Royal Australian Air Force P-3 Orion aircraft had located two new objects floating in the southern Indian Ocean on Monday. (Photo by Jason Reed-pool/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** less

BULLSBROOK, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 24: A ground controller guides a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion on the tarmac upon its return from a search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 over the Indian Ocean, at ... more

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A beggar lies on the ground asking for some money, while holding a rosary, in a street of Rome on March 24, 2014. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYSGABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images

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A beggar lies on the ground asking for some money, while holding a rosary, in a street of Rome on March 24, 2014. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYSGABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images

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A Chicago Transit Authority train car rests on an escalator at the O'Hare Airport station after it derailed early Monday, March 24, 2014, in Chicago. More than 30 people were injured after the train "climbed over the last stop, jumped up on the sidewalk and then went up the stairs and escalator," according to Chicago Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago. (AP Photo/NBC Chicago, Kenneth Webster) MANDATORY CREDIT less

A Chicago Transit Authority train car rests on an escalator at the O'Hare Airport station after it derailed early Monday, March 24, 2014, in Chicago. More than 30 people were injured after the train "climbed ... more

GARDEZ, AFGHANISTAN - MARCH 24: A patient sits in a recovery ward at the Paktia Regional Military Hospital at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Thunder on March 24, 2014 near Gardez, Afghanistan. The hospital, operated by the Afghan Army, treats wounded and sick soldiers and police from the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division stationed at nearby FOB Lightning advise and assist the staff at the hospital. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** less

GARDEZ, AFGHANISTAN - MARCH 24: A patient sits in a recovery ward at the Paktia Regional Military Hospital at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Thunder on March 24, 2014 near Gardez, Afghanistan. The hospital, ... more

An Indian doctor examines a tuberculosis patient in a government TB hospital on World Tuberculosis Day in Allahabad, India, Monday, March 24, 2014. India has the highest incidence of TB in the world, according to the World Health Organization's Global Tuberculosis Report 2013, with as many as 2.4 million cases. India saw the greatest increase in multidrug-resistant TB between 2011 and 2012. The disease kills about 300,000 people every year in the country. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) less

An Indian doctor examines a tuberculosis patient in a government TB hospital on World Tuberculosis Day in Allahabad, India, Monday, March 24, 2014. India has the highest incidence of TB in the world, according ... more

Photo: Rajesh Kumar Singh, Associated Press

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Supporters of Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan hold a giant Turkish flag during an election rally in Istanbul March 23, 2014. Erdogan rallied hundreds of thousands of supporters on Sunday, dismissing accusations of intolerance by Western and domestic critics. "I don't care who it is. I'm not listening," he said to cheers. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images less

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Supporters of Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan hold a giant Turkish flag during an election rally in Istanbul March 23, 2014. Erdogan rallied hundreds of thousands of supporters on Sunday, ... more

An Afghan refugee girl, wraps herself and her younger brother with a shawl to shield from the rain, while looking at mud houses of Afghan refugee families which were destroyed by the Capital Development Authority for being built on illegal lands, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 24, 2014. Slums which are built on illegal lands have neither running water or sewage disposal. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) less

An Afghan refugee girl, wraps herself and her younger brother with a shawl to shield from the rain, while looking at mud houses of Afghan refugee families which were destroyed by the Capital Development ... more

Colorful macaws inhabit a large open-flight aviary at The Florida Exotic Bird Sanctuary in Wesley Chapel, Fla., Monday March 24, 2014. The sanctuary does not breed, sell, trade, or offer for adoption the birds in its care. (AP Photo/The Tampa Bay Times, Brendan Fitterer) less

Colorful macaws inhabit a large open-flight aviary at The Florida Exotic Bird Sanctuary in Wesley Chapel, Fla., Monday March 24, 2014. The sanctuary does not breed, sell, trade, or offer for adoption the birds ... more

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An elephant stretches its trunk towards the photographer's lens during a photo call at the Circus Charles Knie in Hanover, central Germany, on March 24, 2014. The circus with 110 animals and 100 ... more

Search and rescue personnel continue working the area of Saturday's mudslide, Monday, March 24, 2014, near Oso, Wash. The search for survivors of the deadly mudslide grew Monday to include scores of people who were still unaccounted for as the death toll from the wall of trees, rocks and debris that swept through a rural community rose to at least 14. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo) less

Search and rescue personnel continue working the area of Saturday's mudslide, Monday, March 24, 2014, near Oso, Wash. The search for survivors of the deadly mudslide grew Monday to include scores of people who ... more

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A group of people organized by the NYC Light Brigade and the women's rights group UltraViolet, use letters in lights to spell out their opinion, in front of the Supreme Court, Monday, March 24, 2014, in Washington. Holding the "H" in "Hands" is Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn. The Supreme Court is weighing whether corporations have religious rights that exempt them from part of the new health care law that requires coverage of birth control for employees at no extra charge. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) less

A group of people organized by the NYC Light Brigade and the women's rights group UltraViolet, use letters in lights to spell out their opinion, in front of the Supreme Court, Monday, March 24, 2014, in ... more

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Tim Walker, left, walks up a hill with his nieces and his dog Sugar at Alta Plaza Park with Sutro Tower, an antenna tower located atop Twin Peaks, shown at rear in San Francisco, Monday, March 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) less

Tim Walker, left, walks up a hill with his nieces and his dog Sugar at Alta Plaza Park with Sutro Tower, an antenna tower located atop Twin Peaks, shown at rear in San Francisco, Monday, March 24, 2014. (AP ... more

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Crews scoop up heavy fuel oil that washed up on East Beach in Galveston, Texas on Monday March 24, 2014 as they begin cleaning up after a weekend oil spill in Galveston Bay. More than 160,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil spilled into the bay after a barge collided with a ship near the Texas City Dike. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Jennifer Reynolds) less

Crews scoop up heavy fuel oil that washed up on East Beach in Galveston, Texas on Monday March 24, 2014 as they begin cleaning up after a weekend oil spill in Galveston Bay. More than 160,000 gallons of heavy ... more

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LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 24: Attendees listen during a keynote address at the 29th annual Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center on March 24, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images for Nightclub & Bar Media Group) less

LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 24: Attendees listen during a keynote address at the 29th annual Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center on March 24, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... more

KEY BISCAYNE, FL - MARCH 24: Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland serves against Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France during their third round match during day 8 at the Sony Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 24, 2014 in Key Biscayne, Florida. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) less

KEY BISCAYNE, FL - MARCH 24: Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland serves against Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France during their third round match during day 8 at the Sony Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on ... more

The sun peeks through the scaffolding around the Washington Monument at dawn in Washington, Monday, March 24, 2014. The National Park Service has announced they will reopen the earthquake damaged structure in May. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) less

The sun peeks through the scaffolding around the Washington Monument at dawn in Washington, Monday, March 24, 2014. The National Park Service has announced they will reopen the earthquake damaged structure in ... more

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LEDGEWOOD, NJ - MARCH 24: 'Operation Fix-It' technician Manfred Shultz weatherizes a window in a senior's home on March 24, 2014 in Ledgewood, New Jersey. The progam, run by Hope House, a division of the non-for-profit Catholic Family and Community Services, provides home repair services for elderly and people with disabilities in Morris County, New Jersey. Repair services, such as weatherization, plumbing, carpentry, masonry and electrical are charged on a sliding scale for low income residents and are free for seniors living on a fixed Social Security income. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) less

LEDGEWOOD, NJ - MARCH 24: 'Operation Fix-It' technician Manfred Shultz weatherizes a window in a senior's home on March 24, 2014 in Ledgewood, New Jersey. The progam, run by Hope House, a division of the ... more

A search and rescue team brings out the tarp-covered body of a victim of Saturday's mudslide, Monday, March 24, 2014, near Oso, Wash. The search for survivors of the deadly mudslide grew Monday to include scores of people who were still unaccounted for as the death toll from the wall of trees, rocks and debris that swept through a rural community rose to at least 14. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo) less

A search and rescue team brings out the tarp-covered body of a victim of Saturday's mudslide, Monday, March 24, 2014, near Oso, Wash. The search for survivors of the deadly mudslide grew Monday to include ... more